Section 83

Where no claim to the property of a deceased seaman or apprentice received by the Superintendent is substantiated within one year after the receipt thereof, the Superintendent shall pay the claim, or the proceeds thereof, into the Consolidated Fund.

If any subsequent claim is made to such property, or the proceeds thereof, and is established to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, the amount, or so much as appears to be due to the claimant, shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund.

If any claim is not established to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, the claimant may apply by summons to the High Court, and that Court, after taking evidence either orally or on affidavit, shall make such order on the summons as seems just.

After the expiration of 6 years from the receipt of such property or proceeds by the Superintendent no such claim shall be entertained without the sanction of the Minister.[96